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(2/25) COVID-19 Risk Factors for Healthcare Workers: Race, Ethnicity

By Joanne Kaldy / February 25, 2021

According to a new study, healthcare workers are significantly more likely to have antibodies to the coronavirus (whether or not they had been diagnosed with COVID-19) if they are African American or Latinx. Among other findings:

  • Not all workers with antibodies reported having symptoms. However, among those who did, the most common was loss of smell.
  • People with hypertension or high blood pressure were more likely to have higher degrees of antibody response.
  • Asthma patients has lower antibody levels.
  • People more frequently contracted the virus in their private lives, instead of on the job.

In a new survey of direct care workers, they say that the top challenges they experience outside of work during the pandemic included:

  • ¬ Separation from family members.
  • ¬ Managing the personal needs and demands of family.
  • ¬ Experiencing financial hardship.

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